Merry Christmas

I seriously cant believe that Christmas has come and gone already! We had so much fun during the holidays. Amir especially. He loved the gingerbread house making, tree decorating, present opening - all of it. 

This was the first year without my brother being here but I got to talk to him on the phone. He had an hour and a half to talk. It was pretty amazing. He also has one awesome British accent!

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas morning:

 He could tell which ones were his. They were all wrapped in Toy Story paper. :)

 He was very interested in one of the books we got him. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb. He was discussing the quality of the book when I took this picture.

 His new ottoman. He liked playing IN it rather than opening it. We put a Bumblebee Pillow Pet  in it and he said: "OH! This is from Sami!" (My brother who is on his mission) Hilarious.

 Next were some gifts from Grandma W. Before he opened this he shook the box and said: "Oh! Tools!" ... He was right. Play-doh tools!

 By the end of unwrapping he was a little burned out. The last one he picked up and said "Oh, another book" and just set it back down without even opening it. He was right, it was another book. Ha!

Our Tree this year. Brown, Green & White birds. Yep, year number two where the cats used it as their home. 

We Went To.....

The Festival of Tree's two days in a row. Yesterday and today. Yesterday it was Amir and I with my mom and sister. My sister performed there. Today I went with Rich, Amir, Katherine & Matt. We went to lunch and a movie after (Fantastic Mr. Fox, awesome movie)

Anyway here are a few pictures of the tree's that I really liked:

Harley.... This one was very close to my tree and I really loved it. LOVED it.
Ah this one was awesome. ..... OH! This is MY tree. Well, yeah its awesome so its in this list of AWESOME tree's ;) (and yes, it did sell)

This one was awesome. It struck me as a Tim Burton-esque tree. hmmm...

Michael Jackson. I've never seen a MJ tree before but I get the feeling this is going to become a regular and a classic.

This was one of Amir's favorites... He said "My tools!" as we were passing... I had to quickly snap a picture and RUN! There was also a rock band themed tree... With the rock band equipment around it... I didn't get a chance to get a picture of that one but when Amir saw that one he said "MY GAME MY GAME!" he said it until we got about two isles over. My kid rocks.

I just like this one. Music.

"A can tree? WTF?" Thats exactly what I said when I saw it. But it sold... See the little SOLD stamp? Yep... Sold.

Follow the yellow brick road..... This takes me back to my childhood.
Beanie Babies... Also takes me back to my childhood.

I know I said a few of my favorite tree's but I really liked this ginger bread house.

Another gingerbread house.

Curious George!
This was just cute. Nothing fancy.
Every mans dream. Well, at least my mans dream. He was eyeballing it as we walked past it. I saw him but didn't say anything... Just smiled inside.

I love black/red/white. It looked great!

Ah, TNBC.... My personal favorite.

Hershey's.... Because who doesn't like chocolate?

John Deer... Not one of my favorite things but I thought the spread under the tree was pretty awesome.

Festival of Tree's

Today was the day that my sister & I decorated a tree for The Festival Of Tree's. It was so AWESOME!!!! My mom ended up sticking around too to help us which was great because we got it done pretty quick. It only took about an hour to do.

This is me at 8 am after a night of no sleep. Attractive? I think so!



Finished tree. It looked awesome.

Getting Ready For Christmas!

This really makes me want to vomit. If you listen to it take my advice, its easier to listen to it in parts. So pause and take a break every 30 seconds or so. I'm still not all the way through the song... If this doesn't get you into the Christmas spirit early NOTHING WILL!

Funny side note: While playing this song my cat proceeded to pee on the Christmas Tree Skirt. Lovely. And the dogs ran around the house barking because they couldn't figure out what the awful sound was.